Author: Rick Outzen
Pensacola MSA: Where COVID-19 growing fastest in Florida
The website 247wallst.com has named Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent the city were the COVID-19 virus is growing the fastest in Florida. “In the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metropolitan area,…
Vaccination by the numbers
As of Wednesday, Jan. 20, 18,859 residents of Escambia County had been vaccinated, per the county’s dashboard. State researchers estimate the county’s population is 323,714 –…
Escambia County Public Schools Foundation offers virtual family workshops
The Escambia County Public Schools Foundation has partnered with the University of West Florida to offer six workshops to help parents support their student and…
Gaetz in or out of Congress
In his weekly Backroom Briefing, News Service of Florida reporter Jim Turner mentions how Congressman Matt Gaetz (Trumpican, Fort Walton Beach) might run for a…
City may buy back guns
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The City of Pensacola may be taking a direct approach to getting guns off the street: buying the weapons, no questions…
Newpoint CEO fights conviction
The largest charter scandal in the state happened under Supertintent Malcolm Thomas’ watch. Inweekly broke the story with the help of then-School Board member Jeff…
Escambia COVID: 21 more deaths
The Florida Department of Health today reported 21 more COVID deaths in Escambia County. The county is averaging five deaths a day.  Escambia has had 25,045…
State vaccine supply limited
Due to a shipment of vaccine not arriving as expected, the vaccinations scheduled for today and tomorrow at the Milton Community Center were canceled. Santa…
Fred Levin Tales
In the Jan. 21 issue, I shared a few of my favorite tales told by the late Fred Levin and his friends. Some on my…
Sutton passes away
Hall of Fame pitcher, baseball announcer and Tate High alumnus Don Sutton passed away in sleep Tuesday night. Don was a master storyteller, and I…
Milton makes history with Tiny Homes ordinance
A tiny homes ordinance recently adopted by the Milton City Council aims to provide affordable, creative housing options in the City of Milton. The ordinance,…
Living the Dream Pensacola goes virtual today
Despite a raging pandemic, a difficult hurricane recovery, and simmering political unrest, the Living the Dream Pensacola committee announced this week that the decade-long tradition…
Buzz: DeSantis cuts vaccines for Escambia – update
Sources have told Inweekly that Gov. Ron DeSantis has cut the next week’s vaccine shipment for Escambia County from 8,000 to 800. Update – Monday,…
County seeks to get CARES check to 2500 households
The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners yesterday advised staff to reach out again to approximately 2,500 Family CARES Grant applicants who do not have…
County hospitalizations hit record high
The Escambia County COVID-19 Dashboard reports the county has 291 hospitalizations – a new daily record. The dashboard reports the most recent weekly positivity rate…
Grover’s Midweek Q&A: COVID, the bridge & the homeless
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson addressed a collection of items Wednesday during his Facebook Live Q&A session, among them the ongoing repairs…
Huntsville lands Space Force HQ
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — U.S. Space Force’s permanent command headquarters will touch down in Alabama’s Huntsville Redstone Arsenal area…
West Cervantes work to begin
The Florida Department of Transportation will begin a $7 million construction project this month to improve pedestrian safety along a 2.2-mile section of West Cervantes…
Fred Levin: Legal Lion passes
Fred Levin passed yesterday. I didn’t rush to post something about his death because I had to deal with my emotions of a Pensacola without…
12 more Escambia residents did not recover from COVID
According to the latest report from the Florida Department of Health, Escambia County has 12 more deaths due to COVID–54 for January, 426 since early…
